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A 5-Paragraph Essay
Commas, Commas, EVERY-STINKIN'WHERE
Sentence Types
Hyphens
Only if there's time...
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In a five-paragraph essay, what needs to be in the first paragraph, your introduction? pssst. It states what your three paragraphs are going to be about.
What is a thesis statement.
100
Where should the comma go? Even though he was famous he didn't act better than me.
What is AFTER FAMOUS (INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE)
100
8. Because the Irish potato crop failed in 1845, the Irish people began to starve. A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Compound/Complex
C. Complex
100
Where does the hyphen go? It was a super frustrating day.
super-frustrating
100
What was found yesterday in an airport bathroom?
Bricks of Gold
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1. When handwriting on notebook paper for Strit, you should skip lines. Click "1" for true and "2" for false.
What is TRUE TRUE TRUE, there's not any room for commentary or some proofreading marks.
200
4. He didn't act better than me even though he was famous. Do you need a comma in this sentence? Click "A" for yes, click "b" for no.
What is NO NO NO, ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE.
200
9. While more than a million Irish people died of starvation and disease, even more emigrated, and many found their way to the U.S. A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Compound-Complex
B, Compound
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I am lacking in self esteem and need to stop dating my exgirlfriend. Where do you need a hyphen?
self-esteem; ex-girlfriend.
200
What bird did Ben Franklin want to be the national bird symbol?
a turkey
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2. Which one of these do you not get scored on in your in-class essay? a. organization b. word choice c. grammar d. length
d. Remember, though, length is a main factor in scoring well in "ideas and content" as well as "organization". It is also hard to show "sentence fluency" and "word choice" quality in a "piddly" or too-brief essay.
300
5. How many commas are needed: Mr. Dunn a former teacher came to visit the graduating class of HHS. A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
2: Mr. Dunn, a former teacher, came to visit the graduating class of HHS. Those mid-sentence descriptions will need to be offset by commas.
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10. When the British took land away, they made the crisis even worse, and although they were trying to improve the economy, they actually worsened the situation. A. Simple B. Compound C. Complex D. Compound/CX
D. Compound When the British took land away (1/2)+ They made the crisis even worse (1)+ although they were trying to improve the economy (1/2)+ they actually worsened the situation (1)+
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12. Two thirds of the last week has been filled with painfully hot weather with temperatures as high as ninety. How many hyphens?
Two 2 t-w-o
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Dan Brown wrote this best-selling novel ten years ago.
What is The Da Vinci Code
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6. An eighteen-year old boy in California, is now considered an adult. Click "A" for correct and "B" for incorrect
NEVER PUT A COMMA BETWEEN YOUR SUBJECT (BOY) AND YOUR VERB (IS)!!!!! THAT'S CRAZY: Strit, cried.????
400
Don't you ever say I just walked away; I will always want you. What sentence type is this?
Compound
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3. EVEN IF YOU PUT AN ARTICLE IN YOUR OWN WORDS, YOU DON'T CLAIM RIGHT TO THE IDEAS BEING YOURS- YOU HAVE TO CITE INFORMATION. What info do you typically have to provide? a. author and year published b. author and page number c. page number and website information
What is B? If you have no author, you use the title of article or website section
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7. How many commas? After all the problems she decided to leave her job as a teacher to work for a local ice cream company because life is too short to not follow your dream. Click the number of commas you need.
What is 2
500
11. What is the "math" equation for a complex sentence? A. 1 B. 1+1 C. 1+1/2 D. 1+1+1/2
What is C.
500
Do you need a hyphen here? I felt the heavy weight of guilt on my soul.
nope